A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction, has made some headway, according to Texas-based ...

In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird species, some of which were believed to be extinct for decades As they attempt to eradicate invasive ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands. Now, a Texas-based ...

No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

A Texas genetics company working to bring back the woolly mammoth says it’s a step closer to reviving another famed extinct species: the dodo. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences Inc. said Wednesday it ...

True to their nickname, terror birds (Phorusrhacidae) are known as one of the largest and also the most fearsome birds to ever live. These were flightless birds with ...

The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.